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I believe that tanks will stay in service, but will eventually face competition
from PA.
Many people have justified that the size of MECHA will keep tanks in service,
bypassing the issue that even the modern PA is still roughly human sized. While
a mecha is a HUGE target compared to a tank, the same is true for a tank
compared to a human. A squad of five of six PAs would still be roughly the
same size as a tank, and with focused, squad based maneuvers and tactics, would
be harder to hit and juat as destructive. Add in things like rockets, jetpacks,
and speed articulators, you also have a faster, more versatile strike force.
This is why you often see squads of troops on foot in Iraq, theyre much harder
to take out.
Now, on that tank side, theyll stay in service simply becaue theyre cheaper,
and a decent strike platform. Their weakness is in guerrilla tactics, but in a
full force strike theres very little that can compare to a tank battallion.
Thats why we built so many during the cold war. Eatern Europe and the USSR
wasnt our concern. It was understood that wed get torn to shreds by
guerrillas (see the Iraq war), so the target switched to the Asiads and Russia.
Most of Russia looks verry simmilar to Kansas. Flat, ofen, and grassy. If you
couls get decent sized strike force through China and Indo China, youre in.
No Napoleanic mistakes. There are probably still French- and German-sicles
somewhere in Russia.
Tanks and PAs serve very similar purposes, but in different roles. You really
can never outmod a versatile and powerful infantry, just as a calvery (tank
battalions) will also always be needed.
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| Hello everyone. I was checking out (URL) Ryan Wood's Jade Empire Hong Hovertank post> and he mentions that we have seen little in ground combat vehicles other than (URL) power suit>. That got me thinking, when you have Power Suits available, should (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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